Fishing Trip Turns Into Rescue Mission

2 Boaters Pull Man From York River

July 10, 1992|By DAVID CHERNICKY Daily Press

NEWPORT NEWS — The Newport News man who along with a friend saved a Seaford man from drowning in the York River Wednesday says he was alerted to the accident when he saw the man's empty boat running in circles.

Wayne Loar, a lieutenant in the Newport News Fire Department, said Thursday he and Kenny Epling, a captain assigned to Emergency Medical Services, had cast off from the Back Creek Park ramp in York County about 10 a.m. They planned to spend their day off fishing.